Arlene Stein
@ajoystein.bsky.social
Sociologist thinking and writing about authoritarianism, democracy, LGBTQ issues, feminism. Author of The Stranger Next Door, Unbound, other books. Child of immigrants. Never Again for Anyone. #KnittyGrittyJC
@theguardian.com thank you for getting the crowd numbers right. Our newspaper of record @nytimes.com reported "thousands" marched. Stop marginalizing the resistance!
October 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
@theguardian.com thank you for getting the crowd numbers right. Our newspaper of record @nytimes.com reported "thousands" marched. Stop marginalizing the resistance!
#NoKings Jersey City #KnittyGrittyJC
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
#NoKings Jersey City #KnittyGrittyJC
@NYT it's MILLIONS, not thousands. Stop marginalizing the resistence!
October 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@NYT it's MILLIONS, not thousands. Stop marginalizing the resistence!
Speaking our minds at the Labor Day picnic in @JerseyCity Heights. Organized by #KnittyGrittyJC #Indivisible
September 2, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Speaking our minds at the Labor Day picnic in @JerseyCity Heights. Organized by #KnittyGrittyJC #Indivisible
Pictured: a bunch of wealthy old white men celebrating about taking rights and healthcare away from everyone else.
July 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Pictured: a bunch of wealthy old white men celebrating about taking rights and healthcare away from everyone else.
@nytimes.com buries the mass protests, understating their numbers and significance. Thank you @theguardian.com for better understanding the scale of the resistance in the US and beyond.
April 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
@nytimes.com buries the mass protests, understating their numbers and significance. Thank you @theguardian.com for better understanding the scale of the resistance in the US and beyond.
I’m among 2,000+ Jewish faculty members signing on to this letter in support of free speech and the right to dissent.
March 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I’m among 2,000+ Jewish faculty members signing on to this letter in support of free speech and the right to dissent.
Notice how the NYT buries the facts under mealy-mouth headlines? They speak of Trump's "contradictions" but then in the subhead: his "shifting positions and outright lies." The lies should be in the headline.
March 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Notice how the NYT buries the facts under mealy-mouth headlines? They speak of Trump's "contradictions" but then in the subhead: his "shifting positions and outright lies." The lies should be in the headline.
We visited Sen. Andy Kim’s office today and encouraged him to block future Trump nominees until Musk forced to exit government. #KnittyGrittyJC
February 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We visited Sen. Andy Kim’s office today and encouraged him to block future Trump nominees until Musk forced to exit government. #KnittyGrittyJC
Nick Cassway, 2016. Philadelphia Museum of Art
December 8, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Nick Cassway, 2016. Philadelphia Museum of Art
But the liberal response, which tried to convince people to "live and let live," was inadequate. Folks were searching for security.
November 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM
But the liberal response, which tried to convince people to "live and let live," was inadequate. Folks were searching for security.
I described the impacts of economic uncertainty on a logging community and how sexual "others" became an unlikely target for people's anger.
November 26, 2024 at 4:27 PM
I described the impacts of economic uncertainty on a logging community and how sexual "others" became an unlikely target for people's anger.